Pamela Chester

Specialty: Kid-Friendly Food, Crockpot/Slow Cooker
Education: New York University, French Culinary Institute
Lives: Philadelphia, PA

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Slow Cooking From Sea To Shining Sea
When you think of the term American cuisine, what often comes to mind first are hot dogs and hamburgers, French fries and apple pie. But there's so much more to American food than that. North American...


Homemade Ethnic Dishes Made Easy
As the weather turns chillier, and stormy for some of us, my thoughts turn to hearty cooking and bold flavors. At the end of a long early September week of rain and unseasonably cold weather, I want to...


Slow Cooking a Different Kind of Stuffed Pepper
Because I am so adventuresome about food now, it may come as a surprise to many people I know that growing up I was a very picky eater. My parents did everything the right way, exposing us kids to the...


Simplify Your Life In Time For Labor Day
Labor Day is coming up and the slow paced days of summer are drawing to an end. With the onset of early autumn comes a much faster paced life of back-to-school, the end of summer vacations (and possibly...


You Say Tomato, I Say Tomatoes in the Slow Cooker
I am proud to say that I have finally achieved gardening success. After a few years of trying to grow non productive tomato plants in the mostly shaded back patio of my old apartment, there is a bumper...


Healthy and Delicious Beans
This week the Savvy Slow Cooker will be revisiting the topic of salads. I had so many ideas for beans in salads when writing my salad article last week that it turned into another article! Cooked...


The Salad Days of Summer
Well, it finally happened. The weather turned hot enough here to make me want salad for dinner. I know, I know, people in many other parts of the country have been sweltering for months now. But for...


Berries From the Pick-Your-Own Field
I just returned from a marvelous day on the farm with my son. After a frustrating hour spent at the DMV trying to get a new driver’s license, we just happened to stumble upon an orchard that features...


Slow Cooked Side Dishes For Your Summer Barbecue
I am a big fan of the summer barbecue. Nothing is a better celebration of warm weather than some smoking hot grilled food eaten outdoors with your close friends or family, preferably with a frosty beverage...


When Your Cooking Needs a Vacation
As you read this, I’ll be in the beautiful Outer Banks on the coast of North Carolina, enjoying the sun, sand, and surf. But at the moment, as I write this article, I am lost in a sea of errands and...


A Bastille Day Picnic From the Slow Cooker
Last year we were lucky enough to happen upon a little street festival in New York celebrating Bastille Day. Bastille Day falls on July 14 and is a French national holiday commemorating the storming of...


Adding Fresh Herbal Flavors to Your Slow Cooking
Fresh herbs are a wonderful way to add flavor to any dish. There is nothing better than growing your own herb garden in the warmer months, so you can add home grown herbs to your cooking at a moment’s...


A Cool Glass of Iced Tea from the Slow Cooker
There is nothing quite like a cool glass of iced tea to refresh you on a warm summer day. As June is National Iced Tea month, I thought I might share an easy technique to brew up a huge amount of tea...


Can You Spare a Rib For Father's Day?
When it comes to Father’s Day, we all know that grilling is not only an option, but a requirement. Barbecue has stood the test of time as the one of the manliest of activities and for good reason. ...


That's Some Spicy Slow Cooking!
After all the spring cleaning I accomplished a few weeks ago, I have one last cleaning task left to complete – organizing the spice drawer. A while back, when I had a bit more free time on my hands...


Your Slow Cooker: The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
Being a lover of all things bread, I can rarely pass up a slice from a fresh baked loaf. But I had yet to try my hand in making bread in the slow cooker until this week. You see I have been somewhat...